Mission To Create New World Record
Canadian vocalist Tara Mathew has travelled to England to raise money for the BBC Children In Need appeal by releasing her single ‘Christmas Present’, whilst at the same time attempting to create a new Guinness World record (which you can read about at the bottom of this page)!Tara has always been a gifted singer and during her teenage years won a number of respected music awards including 'Most Outstanding Jazz Soloist' as well as performing nationally on Canadian radio and TV on many occasions. But, the highlight of her early career was at the age of only 15 when she was chosen to sing the opening song to the 1997 Canada Games.
This led to many international performances including her joining a number of leading artists when she sang at the Pan-Am Games that was opened by Celine Dion.
She graduated with a Bmus in Applied Voice from Brandon, one of Canada's premier universities of music, with one of the highest marks awarded for voice in over 30 years and was immediately offered a place at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria, for which only 20 vocalists are selected worldwide each year.
Tara had a glittering career ahead, but in 2001 she felt called to help others and traded it all in for mission work. And for the next 5 years she was to live in India working with homeless and victims of AIDS & Leprosy.
Music was never far away and whilst in India she was asked to perform in Gloria Deo, which is Asia’s biggest, televised live Christmas concert and during that show she shared the stage with a line-up of international performers and Bollywood stars.
After returning to Canada in 2007, she signed up with UK, Exeter based Record Label, Media Ministries and was booked to perform again at the Gloria Deo Christmas shows in India & Sri-Lanka. Songs that were performed included a song that gained a great deal of popularity at these shows called ‘Christmas Present’, which has now been recorded, along with a video for release this Christmas with all of Tara’s royalties going to the BBC Children In Need Appeal.
Guinness World Record Attempt
Government Minister Supports Children in NeedSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon. Ben Bradshaw MP gave his support to Children in Need on Saturday at St James’s Park, Exeter, when he joined the Lord Mayor of Exeter to officiate at a Guinness World Record attempt at half-time during the Exeter and Brighton game.
Introduced by BBC Radio presenter, Judi Spiers, Canadian singer, Tara Mathew sang her BBC Children in Need song, Christmas Present, which was released last week, at the stadium.
Following her performance to nearly 5,500 fans she got the crowd to join in on an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people shaking hands and then wishing each other a Merry Christmas. The record to beat was 4,898, which was set in Japan in 2007 and Tara is eagerly awaiting the formal adjudication from Guinness regarding the attempt.
Tara Mathew who has sang at many major international events, including recording and singing at the opening of the Canada Games when aged only 17, is in the UK to promote her Christmas single from which all of her royalties will go to the BBC Children in Need Appeal.
The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Kevin & Viv Wilson (Media Ministries), Pudsey Bear!
Rt. Hon. Ben Bradshaw MP (Secretary of State for Media). Tara Mathew, Judi Spiers (BBC)
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Christmas Present: MMPL10002 Media Ministries/Active Media/Universal Music ~ Release Date: 30th November.
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